The National Treasury reported that it was in the process of discussing the matter relating to the Department's budgetary constraints with a view to negotiating an underlying agreement. It was further reported that the Department needed to define the outputs that were consistent with the additional allocations requested in order to avoid any under expenditure. The approved establishment of the Department is for 195 personnel of which 105 had already been recruited. The Department needed to prove that it had the capacity to spend the additional requested funding efficiently, effectively and economically.